AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to
impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for
compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 13-3 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 13-3 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
If the superintendent of a school district has sufficient evidence that cheating occurred on a state-
required academic achievement test, the superintendent of the school district shall investigate the
circumstances. For the purposes of this section, cheating is the unauthorized acquiring of knowledge
of the achievement test by a student or providing unauthorized access to secure test questions or
tampering or altering of student answer sheets by school district personnel.
Section 2. That chapter 13-3 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
Section 2. That chapter 13-3 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
Following the investigation, the superintendent shall report the results of the investigation to the
secretary of the Department of Education. Upon receiving the report, the secretary shall determine
whether the alleged cheating occurred and, if so, if it was severe enough to affect the results of the
achievement test. If the secretary finds that the cheating did occur, the affected score sheets may not
count and shall be discarded. The secretary shall also determine if the cheating was severe enough
to affect the school's adequate yearly progress under the terms of the state accountability system
established pursuant to
§
13-3-62. If the cheating was severe enough to affect the school's adequate
yearly progress, the secretary may determine that the school does not meet adequate yearly progress
for that school year. The decision of the secretary regarding adequate yearly progress may be
appealed to the South Dakota Board of Education.
Section 3. That chapter 13-42 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
Section 3. That chapter 13-42 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
The secretary of the Department of Education may suspend or revoke the certificate of any
An Act to impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test.
certified personnel who knowingly compromise the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test provided to students pursuant to chapter 13-3.
An Act to impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test.
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I certify that the attached Act originated in the
HOUSE as
Bill
No.
1033
____________________________ Chief Clerk ____________________________ Speaker of the House
Attest:
____________________________ Chief Clerk
____________________________
Attest:
____________________________ Secretary of the Senate
House
Bill
No.
1033
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________ for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
____________________________ Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
By _________________________ |
